ICYMI: Boris Johnson responded to the Covid Inquiry via his Telegraph column - he failed to apologise Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice: "It is beyond contempt that he has chosen to respond to the Covid Inquiry by attacking the Covid Bereaved for "wrangling" about the deaths of our loved ones"

This is who she was. Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best. Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...

This Tuesday, the High Court is holding its judicial review about the proscription of Palestine Action. It will be a big moment re. protest in the UK, whichever way it goes.

“Did Nathan Gill ever say anything you disagree with in return for his bribes from a Kremlin stooge?” “Did you, in your roles as his boss, friend, mentor & party leader, ever question his full-throated support for an enemy of the UK and if not, why not?” You can have those for nothing, lads.

Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.” It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine. My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask: Why, even now, is no-one asking questions? t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

History repeats. That’s why in Europe we have the ECHR. 🇪🇺

History repeats.

This only happens to you once

The community note has it right.

The fact that “hemorrhoids” aren't called “asteroids” is a major missed opportunity for science, health, and the English language

Disinformation

Looking forward to this launch. Some great writers lined up from the (former) Observer. "Former Observer columnists comedian Stewart Lee and agony aunt Philippa Perry will both write for The Nerve" - as well as Carole Cadwalladr pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...

Ok. They’ve pissed me off. I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards: 1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.

Good. Now stop arms sales to Israel, implement hefty sanctions on the Netanyahu regime and its members, and use your place on the UN Security Council to back up Resolution 242 with action. It's fucking genocide. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I would love to know if there was ANYONE who was rich and/or famous who met Jeffrey Epstein and decided he was a sick creep.

Hullo @alanparrywriter.co.uk Thanks for being Mission Control for #poemsabout #silentplanet #poetry

The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?

I actually factchecked this in a book once.

Sky News says police are "overwhelmed by the numbers". Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride. They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.

Jamie Raskin, "They only want to protect free speech that they agree with" JR then demolishes Farage, ending with "You might want to think twice before you let Nigel Farage Make Britain Great Again"

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸 I am proud that the Scottish Parliament has overwhelmingly voted for our motion to call for the recognition of the State of Palestine. Scotland stands proudly in solidarity with the people of Gaza in the face of genocide.

Nigel Farage is a lying, traitorous bastard. Every appearance the British media gives him is an act or self-destruction for British democracy. Cut the crap. Cut the faux politeness. The man is a fucking plague who would kill us all for a paycheck without even batting an eyelid.

Timeline cleanse

I thought Watership Down was the saddest and most depressing thing I'd ever seen. And then someone sent me this.

Speaks volumes

This is just getting ridiculous. Nothing that has happened (or is reported below the headline to have happened) this weekend remotely justifies talk of an explosion or mass protests. The media are confecting a crisis, and, in some sections of it, hoping to provoke one. 1/3

A great many more people protested the plight of Sheffield Wednesday this month than have attended any protest against asylum hotels www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Science is hard. You gotta prove it, test it, and reproduce the results. Pseudoscience is easy. You make it up, add some fear, and watch ignorant people spread it.

Broadcast Kneecap from Glastonbury, but voiced by an actor

Turns out Jim Ratcliffe is as good at owning football clubs as he was at understading Brexit.

How it is.

"A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else." - John Burroughs

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

Are Muslims really banning dogs in parks? 🤔 Let’s look at this perfect example of how rage baiting works, and how disinformation spreads, sticks, and fuels division, even years after being debunked… 🧵1/22 (1/1)

The worst news of the week. "The U.S. Senate confirmed Harmeet Dhillon, a veteran lawyer with a history of attacking voting rights, to lead the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

"Heard and McDonald Islands don’t have the cards"

Perfect 🤣🎯

Spotted in a Brooklyn doorway by a friend this afternoon. Epic.

Exactly

Just added an Ewok picnic to my Redbubble collection www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/169481571

A lovely Neolithic knife - with its wooden handle - from a site with houses built on stilts on marshy land in Germany. Usually, the wooden part rots away and we just have the blade. This makes so much more sense! OP - David Connolly on FB: www.facebook.com/share/p/1EaR...

Roses are red Violets are blue

Lord Bamford owes £500,000,000 to HMRC he has retired from the House of Lords and fled. He expects his debt just like Michelle Mone's £232,000,000 debt to be written off. We must recover every penny from these thieves, and toss them in jail.

reading about MrBeast, as you should know thyne enemy, and am really quite struck by the sheer, existential bleakness of his rise to fame

His track record speaks for itself. While we continue to resist, we should take comfort in that he is deeply incompetent, not very bright & his policies are hurting even his most devoted supporters. Let's not get in the way of his inevitable self-destruction.